Note that a 13% more of the electorate has an opinion on Obama than did on Bush. My guess is because of the divisive rhetoric that has exploded in recent years. Politicians now don’t even bother to refute each other’s points, they just try to vilify each other by telling half-truths.

Obama’s policical strategy was/is: Ask for everything you want and if you don’t get it blame the opposition. I’m interested to see what happens if Reps eventually control Congress and the White House. Will they smash through issues like border security, repeal Obamacare, simplified tax code, curb social security and medicare spending, etc?